Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania

The annual salary statistics of textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage information of textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$28,560
25th Percentile Wage
$31,520
50th Percentile Wage
$37,440
75th Percentile Wage
$44,720
90th Percentile Wage
$54,180

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $54,180. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,440. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,560.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$37,440
0.45% 29.25%
2021
$37,270
10.20% -
2020
$33,470
0.00% -
2019
$33,470
8.46% -
2018
$30,640
4.99% -
2017
$29,110
1.20% -
2016
$28,760
11.86% -
2015
$25,350
0.87% -
2014
$25,130
4.54% -
2013
$23,990
-10.42% -
2012
$26,490
- -

Table 2. Compare Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington with Other Pennsylvania Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $37,440, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is the second highest paying city for textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of Pennsylvania, following the highest paying city Reading (median annual salary of $47,990). Compared with Reading, the median annual salary of textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is 22.0 percent (22.0%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Reading
$47,990
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
$37,440
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre
$36,440
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$35,670
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$34,720
Philadelphia
$31,280
Newark-Union
$26,940

See also: Top paying jobs in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania.